22 research outputs found
Identity Without Boundaries Public Administration’s Canon(s) of Integration
Jos C. N. Raadschelders is professor of public administration and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Service at the University of Oklahoma. His research and teaching interests include the academic identity of public administration, administrative history, comparative government, and public sector ethics. His most recent book is Mastering Public Administration (2008) and is coauthored with Brian Fry. He has published more than 120 articles and book chapters. He serves as managing editor of the Public Administration Review. Email: raadschelders{at}ou.edu.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline
Administrative History of the United States: Development and State of the Art
Although certainly not mainstream to the study of public administration, administrative history in the United States has quite a tradition. In this article, the development of the study of the history of American government is traced in five phases and discussed against the background of political and social change in society. The various studies are evaluated in terms of the themes, the nature, and the approach. Combining the “history as history” and the “history as advocacy” approaches would clarify why administrative history ought to be a standard element in our research and teaching.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline
Is American Public Administration Detached From Historical Context?: On the Nature of Time and the Need to Understand It in Government and Its Study
The study of public administration pays little attention to history. Most publications are focused on current problems (the present) and desired solutions (the future) and are concerned mainly with organizational structure (a substantive issue) and output targets (an aggregative issue that involves measures of both individual performance and organizational productivity/services). There is much less consideration of how public administration (i.e., organization, policy, the study, etc.) unfolds over time. History, and so administrative history, is regarded as a “past” that can be recorded for its own sake but has little relevance to contemporary challenges. This view of history is the product of a diminished and anemic sense of time, resulting from organizing the past as a series of events that inexorably lead up to the present in a linear fashion. To improve the understanding of government’s role and position in society, public administration scholarship needs to reacquaint itself with the nature of time.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline
The Three Ages of Government: From the Person, to the Group, to the World
This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)—a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of The Ohio State University Libraries. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: https://openmonographs.org.Acknowledgments -- Introduction: What Is Government? -- One. Understanding Government in Society -- Two. Government in Society -- Three. Instinct and Intent -- Four. Tribal Community -- Five. Citizen and Government in a Global Society -- Six. Governing as Process -- Seven. Democracy -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Inde
UNA ADMINISTRACIÓN PÚBLICA ADISCIPLINARIA PARA UNA SOCIEDAD DIVERSA: REFLEXIONES HISTÓRICAS, ONTOLÓGICAS, EPISTEMOLÓGICAS Y AXIOLÓGICAS
This article aims to answer the question what is the nature of the study of public administration? The first section explores the historical development of government, as well as the study of public administration. Upon that basis, I turn in section two to the study of public administration in its contemporary academic setting, as well as show that its status is evaluated differently depending upon narrower and broader definitions of scholarship. In section three, I will discuss how these perspectives determine whether public administration can be regarded as a discipline in the nineteenth century sense, and if not, what the alternative(s) could be. Upon this basis the disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and a-disciplinary modes of operation of, for, and in the study are explored- that is, an exploration of what the study’s challenges are when regarded as a disciplinary, as an interdisciplinary, and as an a-disciplinary endeavor. Once that is done, I will briefly outline in section four some of the generally neglected interdependencies among ontological, epistemological, and axiological foundations of the study. Upon this argument, the fifth section is devoted to the question of what the study of public administration is. The concluding section presents a challenge to anyone who seeks to break out of the mold of “puzzle-solving” research and wishes to contribute something of value to the good society.Este artículo busca responder la pregunta ¿cuál es la naturaleza del estudio de la administración pública? Para ello, la primera sección explora el desarrollo histórico del gobierno y del estudio de la administración pública. Sobre esa base, en la sección segunda giro hacia el estudio de la administración pública en su contexto académico contemporáneo, al igual que muestro que su estatus se evalúa de manera diferente dependiendo del uso de definiciones más amplias o estrechas de conocimiento. La sección tercera aborda cómo estas perspectivas determinan si la administración pública puede ser considerada una disciplina en el espíritu del siglo XIX y, de no ser así, cuál(es) podría(n) ser la(s) alternativa(s). Sobre esta base se exploran los modos operativos disciplinarios, interdisciplinarios y adisciplinarios de, para y en el estudio, es decir, una exploración acerca de cuáles son los desafíos de éste, cuando se consideran como un esfuerzo disciplinario, interdisciplinario y adisciplinario. Después de esto, la sección cuarta esboza brevemente algunas de las interdependencias habitualmente olvidadas entre los fundamentos ontológicos, epistemológicos y axiológicos del estudio. A partir de este argumento, la sección quinta abordará la interrogante acerca de qué es el estudio de la administración pública. La sección final presenta un desafío para quien quiera romper el esquema de investigación de “resolver acertijos” y desee aportar algo de valor en bien de la socieda
Trends in the American Study of Public Administration: What Could They Mean for Korean Public Administration?
The study of public administration in the United States is torn
between a desire to be scientific and universal without acknowledging the
uniqueness of political-administrative systems around the world on the one hand
and a need to provide understanding and adequate descriptions of reality on the
other hand. In this article features of American society and government are
described and related to trends in the study of public administration in the United
States. It is clear that the universal challenges of contemporary government can
only be met when addressed in the national context. The American and Korean
study of public administration have much to learn from each other
Public Administration and the Modern State
The challenges faced by the public sector are many and varied. Civil services at the forefront of tackling pressing problems in a whole range of areas from climate change to income inequality are being allocated less money to do so. This collection explores how public sectors have adapted to address the demands placed on them in the 21st Century